Nov 15 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Thursday's NewsHour: Oil giant BP will pay $4.5 billion and plead guilty to felony charges connected to the 2010 Gulf Coast spill The stepped-up conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza China's new leader Xi Jinping Plus, what humans… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch News Wrap: Former CIA Director Petraeus Denies Leaking Classified Materials In other news Thursday, former CIA director David Petraeus denied he gave any classified information to Paula Broadwell, with whom he had an extramarital affair. The CIA announced it would investigate Petraeus' conduct, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch What Happens When U.S. Military Leaders Fail to Live Up to High Expectations What Happens When U.S. Military Leaders Fail to Live Up to High Expectations… Continue watching
Nov 14 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Wednesday's NewsHour: President Obama's first full-fledged news conference since March The latest on the scandal involving CIA director David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen The deadly toll of the meningitis outbreak Plus, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan… Continue reading
Nov 13 Key Players in the Gen. David Petraeus Investigation By Larisa Epatko On Nov. 9, President Obama accepted the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus after an FBI investigation into an email exchange revealed an extramarital affair between the former general and his biographer. We profile some of the key players in… Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch News Wrap: U.S. General Demoted for Spending Thousands on Lavish Expenses In other news Tuesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta demoted Gen. William "Kip" Ward from a four-star to three-star Lt. General after an investigation found Ward had spent $82,000 on extravagant travel and other expenses, including using military vehicles to transport… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch Honoring Soldiers Who Fought and Died in the Recent Afghanistan and Iraq Wars Honoring Soldiers Who Fought and Died in the Recent Afghanistan and Iraq Wars… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch Veterans Face Uphill Battle for Benefits When Field Records Are Lost, Destroyed Veterans Face Uphill Battle for Benefits When Field Records Are Lost, Destroyed… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch News Wrap: Israeli Tanks Fire Retaliatory Shells Into Syria for Second Time News Wrap: Israeli Tanks Fire Retaliatory Shells Into Syria for Second Time… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch As Details Emerge on Petraeus Affair, Fallout May Echo Far Beyond Resignation As Details Emerge on Petraeus Affair, Fallout May Echo Far Beyond Resignation… Continue watching